The smell of coffee suddenly takes her attention, she hadn't realize she had been by the window and busily reading her heart to distract from everything. Lily had been trying to contact Damien for many countless of times now, but she expects that the smell could be from him.As she walks to the direction of the smell, she stops by the archway and faces Damien's back. "You're here..." Lily says, startling Damien slightly."Yeah..." Damien says softly, smiling weakly at her."You slept well?" He asks, patting the side space for her to sit."Yeah," Lily says, not giving him a glance and nervously fiddling with her fingers."Hey, what's wrong?" Damien asks, placing his mug down on the coffee table."Its nothing... I actually just came down to check who was making coffee at a time like this" Lily stammers, still not making eye contact with him."Lily, stop lying..." Damien coldly says, Lily could feel his penetrating glare on her core."I'm not lying..." Lily scoffs before turning around
Damien enters the dining hall looking for anyone, usually by now they've gone out of their rooms to get something to eat. Damien stops in his tracks and turns to go upstairs. Knocking on the door, it swings up and infront was a grumpy woken woman in her pajamas."What the hell is wrong with you?" Felixia grumbles."We need to talk" Damien says, pushing his way inside the room and closing the door."Okay, we're talking. Now get out" Felixia scowls."Not until we talk about Lily" Damien says calmly."Look Damien I can't talk about Lily" Felixia looks away avoiding eye contact with him."Why not?" Damien says sharply, Felixia still refusing to speak."Because... I was in the middle of my naptime!" She scowls at him."This is serious!" Damien yells at her."What are you so worked up about?" Felixia raises her eyebrow at him, crossing her arms infront of her chest."I broke my phone out of anger and can't call up Mr. Smith or Attorney Baguel" Damien sighs in frustration."So you came here
A week has passed since Damien's ordeal with his company. He had been coming home late than usual but hasn't heard from Lily asking about his antics.He had been having meeting with a designer than Mr. Smith had already hired before, and the week had long since passed with different decisions on design choices."Okay, so the main colours look good" Damien nods as he listens to the guy's explanation.After a few days of meetings, Mr. Smith had invited Damien to attend an important party hosted by his brother's firm.After spending two hours talking to people, Damien felt like he could sleep right here in the conference room. Finally the meeting had been dismissed and he was tired. After walking out of the room, he bumped into someone."Watch where you're going" the person snapped."I'm sorry" Damien apologized, quickly apologizing for bumping into him.When he turned to face the person, he noticed it was a girl he knew."Will there ever be a day when you'll stop being mean?" Damien ask
"Why hello, Damien" Xavier sarcastically greets him, smiling at him menacingly."What the hell are you doing here?" Damien asks, looking like he was about to strangle this man to death."Damien?" Damien turns to see Lily walking to his side."What are you doing here?" She asks, holding on to his arm then looking at who Damien was talking to."It's cute how you both are surprised to see each other here even though you now live in one roof" Xavier laughs, then receive a death glare from Damien."Lily felt more secured around me than a man who runs around like a worthless mut" Xavier scoffs, before they were now joined by Lily's mother."Mrs. Baker" Xavier greets her, nodding his head and reaching out his hand to shake hers."You've never seized to be absolutely delightful, my boy " Mrs. Baker chirps, then side eyes Damien with disgust."I see you've come through with my husband's agreement" Mrs. Baker says, her tone cold and stern."I hope he didn't forget to tell you how every year the
The blaring sound of the stage almost had Damien's ears ring. As he walks up to the center with Eric following along, the music dies down and it immediately caught the royal couple's attention."Now, first up. Let me introduce the man that made everything possible, the executive manager of Silverlining Corporation...Please give a warm round of applause for Mr. Eric Baker!" The MC announces.The audience erupted in a roar of applause and cheer, Eric steps up to the front and waves before speaking through the mic."Goodevening everyone" Eric says, his tone was warm and welcoming. Superficial as Damien would detect."I'm honoured to be here to present my company that has stood for over more than a decade" Eric says, facing the crowd with his hand over his chest."The company, Silverlining Corporation, has always been keeping their one rule as top priority," He continues then faces the royal couple."And that is to capture the essence of desire our clients ask for" Eric says, then smiles
Cornelius Baker furiously walked behind the royal couple, Fahim stops infront of the model who had the necklace and asked to have it politely. "Your majesties, are you sure you'd want a design like that?" Mr. Baker asks, looking over the Sultan's shoulder."Why, is there something wrong?" The Sultan asks, looking worriedly at him."Not at all, but you see, SEC is our opening branch... So I would just like you to know that it is also part of Silverlining" Mr. Baker lied, smiling at them."Is that so?" Fahim says, looking intrigued as the model helped lock the necklace on the queen."Yes," Mr. Baker nods, still maintaining composure."Then why hold such event and have two different seemingly opposing men spoke about their design like that?" The Sultan asks."It's part of our advertising experiment, we're greatly sorry for the confusion it has caused" Mr. Baker explains, moving his hand around whilst speaking."But of couse if you change your mind" But before he could move closer to the
Lily had managed to avoid the entire ballroom during the majority of the day, mainly due to the fact the guards were following her every move. She was also quite worried about the whole 'deal' Mr. Baker mentioned to her awhile ago. Not knowing what was gonna happen, and feeling uneasy."Lily, love?" The door knocks, a voice too familiar to her."Xavier go away" Lily says, remaining sitted in the lounge room."But Lily..." His voice becomes desperate as he tries to open the door."Go away!" Lily said angrily, standing up from her seat.She opens the door angrily and stands infront of Xavier, glaring at him angrily."I want to apologize, I know I shouldn't have come here, but" Xavier says , looking around the room nervously."Do you think you can just show up here and act like nothing happened!? Are you out of your mind!?" Lily shouts, angry as she crosses her arms across her chest."This isn't what I meant! We were supposed to be together!" Xavier replied, looking hurt."You want me be
The long drive to the mansion was expectedly long, Lily sat quiet in the car with Damien. Felixia and the others were driving on a separate car upfront to give them some privacy."Why were you out at the party without texting me?" Damien asks, looking over at Lily."Dad had told me beforehand, even before telling you of his plan " Lily says, still not taking her eyes off the window."Can you stop keeping secrets from me?" Damien huffs, still not taking his eyes off of her."Says the person who's actually fucking rich, the cash got into his head" Lily scoffs at him.It wasn't long before they arrived at the mansion. Felixia pulled up outside the front door to allow the others to exit first. When they exited the car, Felixia drove off without another word. Damien took a deep breath before opening the car door and stepping out. Lily got out after him and walked inside, Damien following closely behind. The moment she entered the mansion, she immediately stormed off upstairs to the bedroo